Chapter 228: Unlucky Eldest Sister 43
Throughout the year, only during Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and the second day of the New Year would she go to Zhongli’s house to pay respects, and that’s when she’d encounter Zhong Liqi.
She originally thought that Zhong Liqi just didn’t like her, didn’t want to deal with her. But now it seemed that Zhong Liqi hated her, though she didn’t know where such deep hatred stemmed from.
"007, what exactly is the grievance between Zhong Liqi and my parents that makes her hate me enough to sell my daughter?" Yuan Chun’s spiritual power unfolded, reaching beyond the train’s iron wall, and she could already see Tangtang.
Tangtang was wrapped in a thin blanket, sleeping deeply in the arms of a middle-aged woman.
The woman looked unfamiliar; she had never seen her before.
"007," the host inquired, "this matter isn’t that complicated. That Zhong Liqi is not actually the biological daughter of Zhong Li Jing’s parents, but rather the niece of Zhong Li Jing’s mother."
"Back then, Zhong Li Jing’s uncle and aunt were killed while traveling far away, leaving behind a three or four-year-old daughter. At that time, your grandparents had just passed away not long ago, and your father had just been taken in by your grand-uncle’s family. Your great-aunt, harboring resentment, took in the newly orphaned niece and raised her as a daughter."
"When Zhong Liqi was fifteen, she fell for Zhong Liming, but Zhong Liming didn’t like her; instead, he fell for her best friend. Because Zhong Liqi was very close to her friend, she was willing to accept their relationship. Not long after, Zhong Liming married her friend. However, soon after their marriage, Zhong Liming’s wife died in childbirth, resulting in two fatalities."
"At that time, Zhong Liqi was still unmarried, grieving her friend’s death while trying to take advantage of Zhong Liming’s emotional state to develop a relationship with him."
"But Zhong Liqi underestimated Zhong Liming’s disdain for her."
"Just as Zhong Liqi urged her aunt to force Zhong Liming to marry her, Zhong Liming instead married Ma Dalan."
Being robbed of her long-cherished beloved by a village girl, one could only imagine how much the pampered and dignified Miss Zhong Liqi despised Ma Dalan.
"The hatred of losing her husband was irreconcilable."
"Host, after Ma Dalan’s death, Zhong Li Jing and Jiang Yuhua intended to adopt you, but your great-aunt disapproved and threatened with her life. Zhong Liqi also meddled in several ways, forcing Zhong Li Jing to place you in the care of Ma Xiaolan."
"Zhong Li Jing was worried that your father’s inheritance would fall into the hands of your great-aunt and Zhong Liqi, so he had no choice but to entrust it to Ma Xiaolan for safekeeping. As for your father’s courtyard house, if it had not been rented out to Wang Qian beforehand, your great-aunt would have seized it long ago."
"After that, your great-aunt even went to the courtyard house looking for Wang Qian, threatening him to hand over your family’s rental income to her every month, or she would report him for running a private restaurant. Fortunately, Zhong Li Jing got wind of this and rushed over. On that occasion, Zhong Li Jing threatened with his life, banging his head against the wall until it bled before your great-aunt finally relented."
"Afterwards, the rent from the courtyard house did not pass through Zhong Li Jing’s hands anymore; instead, Wang Qian directly sent it to Ma Xiaolan."
Yuan Chun was speechless, "007, why didn’t you tell me about these events earlier?"
protested innocently, "Host, these plotlines only become perceptible when touched upon. I only learned about them once you asked."
"Host, since Tangtang is on the train, why aren’t you going down to rescue her?" 007 asked curiously.
"There are so many people on the train. I’m worried the traffickers might get desperate and harm innocents. It’s better to wait until the train reaches the next station since Tangtang is temporarily safe."
"Host, it will be over two hours before the next station."
"Got it."